<p>RIGA, Latvia &mdash; Trevor Moore scored twice in the second period to help the United States beat Canada 5-1 on Sunday in the world hockey championship.</p>
<p>Jason Robertson, Adam Clendening and Matt Tennyson also scored and Jake Oettinger stopped 26 of 27 shots in relief of injured starter Anthony Stolarz.</p>
<p>“As a backup goalie, you never know when you’re going to get your opportunity,” Oettinger said. “I felt terrible for Anthony, and I hope he’s doing OK, but once I was out there I just had to get ready and do whatever I could to get into the game.</p>
<p>Stolarz injured his right ankle five minutes into the game.</p>
<p>“The guys did a good job in front of me. They made it easier and really helped me get into the game. I can’t say enough good things about how they played today. They helped me settle in and it was a really good win for our team.”</p>
<p>The U.S. rebounded from an opening 2-1 loss to defending champion Finland on Saturday. The Americans will play Kazakhstan on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“It’s a huge win,” Moore said. “Any time that you play a U.S.-Canada game you want to be on the right side of it, especially for a USA player.”</p>
<p>Maxime Comtois scored for Canada. It dropped to 0-2 — the first time it has opened group play with two losses in any world championship or Olympics — in Group B play after a 2-0 loss to host Latvia on Friday. The Canadians will play Germany on Monday.</p>
<p>“We still have a lot of work to do,” Comtois said. “We have to show up tomorrow and hopefully we can get some more goals.”</p>
<p>Also in Group B, Nikita Mikhailis scored the deciding goal in a shootout in Kazakhstan’s 2-1 victory over Finland. Outshot 15-1 in the first period and 51-20 overall, Kazakhstan beat Sweden for the first time in the event.</p>
<p>Mathias Trettenes had a hat trick in Norway’s 4-1 victory over Italy.</p>
<p>A, Russia, Slovakia and Switzerland top the Group A standings at 2-0.</p>
<p>Belarus beat Sweden for the first time in the event, winning 1-0 on German Nesterov’s third period goal and 32 saves from Danny Taylor.</p>
<p>Timo Meier scored and Reto Berra made four saves in Switzerland’s 1-0 victory over Denmark. Marek Hrivik and Robert Lantosi scored in Slovakia’s 2-1 victory over Britain.</p>